Focal Passage: Genesis 8:10-22
While stories in Scripture detail the actions of various characters, such as Noah during the time of the Flood, these stories always reflect the nature and character of God.
Two traits of God are revealed during the time of the Flood and the faithfulness of Noah. First, the power of God to unleash the torrents of water to undo the vast Creation that He had made, and second, the personal closeness that God demonstrates to both Creation and humanity as He establishes the covenant first made with Adam, and now, with Noah “to be fruitful and multiply.”
The power of God demonstrated through both Creation, and then the destruction of His Creation, overwhelms the senses. [Read more…]